The new Nokia Lumia 520 is pictured during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
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Nokia Lumia 520, the budget-friendly smartphone from Microsoft, is now available at a discounted price. The reduction in price further corroborates the imminent release of the successor Nokia Lumia 530.

Considered as one of the best inexpensive handsets, the Lumia 520 comes with a handy 4-inch IPS LCD display. This handset can now be purchased for only $39 from Amazon. The original price of this handset used to be $99. Hence this is a killer $60 reduction in price. Phone Arena advises interested readers to utilise this limited period offer from Amazon.

As far as the specification goes, the 4.0-inch Nokia Lumia 520 is complimented by a 480 x 800 pixels screen resolution and 235 ppi pixel density. The handset is powered by a dual-core (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus) Krait processor, clocked at 1.0 GHz. In addition, the Lumia device houses 512 MB of RAM. The budget smartphone is 0.39-inch thick and weighs 124 g.

The Lumia 520 runs on Microsoft Windows Phone v8, which is upgradeable to the latest v8.1. Moreover, the device comes with 8 GB of internal storage and there is a microSD slot for expansion up to 64 GB. The Lumia 520 sports a good 5 MP rear-facing camera with no LED flash. Nevertheless, there is no front-facing camera unit at all. Also, the phone is backed by a good-enough Li-Ion 1430 mAh battery unit. The device provides 9.60 hours of 3G talk time and 360 hours of 3G stand-by time.

Potential buyers should check out Amazon to avail this discount. It is worth noting that there is a free shipping option available with this deal. However, interested readers who would like to know the difference between the currently-available Lumia 520 and the upcoming Lumia 530 should check out - Lumia 530 vs. Lumia 520.